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Stripped-down Django Tutorial

The django official tutorial consists of 4 parts, unnecessarily long, mixes commands with text, and omit some important details. Here is an attempt at providing a more complete and more condensed version of the tutorial.

Install Django. The latest tutorial uses a newer version of Django that is not backward compatible. Therefore, it is best to install Django from svn:

Et Voilà! These steps cover most of the 4-part tutorial, excluding templating the admin area and using the generic views. For completeness, I include a sample apache config file that uses virtual hosts so you can go through this tutorial with apache.

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